A Profile and Audit of Volleyball In England

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A Profile and Audit of Volleyball In England

• English Volleyball Association

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Our Brief

• Analyse existing participation statistics
• Establish a profile of participants.
• Identify participation
• Conduct sample surveys.
• Identify issues and barriers to participation and
  to affiliation.
• Identify key recommendations and outcomes
• Provide information on potential funding
  opportunities and partnerships

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Process

• Stage 1 Club Search
• EVA and regional databases
• Internet
• Sports Development Officers
• Partnership Development Managers
• Stage 2 Club and player profile
• Online Questionnaire
• Stage 3 - Analysis

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Clubs in England

• Volleyball is played by 0.2 of the population on
  a regular basis
• We found
• 324 schools
• 81 universities
• 60 National League clubs
• 463 non league affiliated clubs
• 204 unaffiliated clubs
• Over 200 new clubs identified

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Regional variations
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Response Rate

• Clubs
• 262 clubs
• 23 of identified clubs
• Players
• 794 players
• average of 3 players per club

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Club Survey
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Club Responses
262 clubs 23 of identified clubs
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Club Details

• 55 in existence for more than 10 years
• 22 for more than 20 years
• Only 6 for less than 2 years

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Size of clubs
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What do clubs offer?

• 90 played competitive volleyball
• 32 played beach volleyball
• 56 played casual indoor volleyball
• 44 played casual outdoor volleyball
• 20 played mini or junior volleyball
• No clubs played sitting volleyball
• 26 of clubs offered any youth training sessions
• 68 of clubs provided training sessions for
  beginners and intermediates

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Promotion

• Websites
• Schools and colleges
• Word of mouth
• Friends
• People moving to the area
• Little promotion in the media
• Little contact with the local authority or Sports
  Development Officer
• 60 of clubs have no contact with schools
• 42 of social clubs failed to respond
• Leaving school or higher education the biggest
  loss of players

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How are clubs run?
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What do clubs want?

• Clubs want to grow
• Almost 75 of clubs want to increase the number
  of players
• Almost 75 of clubs want to raise the playing
  standards.
• Almost 50 want to develop the junior side of the
  game.
• 3 wanted to remain as they were.

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What help do clubs want?
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Qualifications
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Volley123

• 76 of clubs that responded had not heard of
  Volley 123.
• Over 50 said that they would find it either
  quite useful or very useful
• 30 would be interested in applying for it

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• Mean income
• NVL - 5809.09
• Regional - 1708.85
• Local - 1527.33
• Social - 691.67
• 57 of clubs do not generate any income from
  sponsorship or grants
• 65 of clubs which have sought sponsorship or
  grant aid have been successful in their attempts
• Clubs appear to survive on funding generated by
  subscriptions and session fees.
• 18 of clubs do not charge any fees

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Fees

• Season Fees
• NVL club - 29.10
• Regional club - 7.30
• Local club - 6.95
• Social club - 1.28

• Session Fees
• NVL club - 3.55
• Regional club - 3.37
• Local club - 3.12
• Social club - 1.33

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What do Clubs want from the EVA?
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Player Survey
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Age of Respondents
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Where from?
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What levels do they play?
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What do they do?
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Where do players come from?

• 25 from outside of the British Isles.
• This figure may in fact be higher
• 28 were other than white British.
• Only 5 of the respondents were registered
  disabled.
• 15 of people from outside the British Isles had
  been in this country for less than 5 years.
• 10 planned to be in the country for 3 years or
  less.

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Non playing roles

• There were
• only 2 people under 18 involved in a committee
• fewer female coaches (9) than male coaches (24)
• fewer female referees (8) than male referees
  (17)
• fewer non UK referees (8) than UK referees (15)
• fewer non UK coaches (5) than UK coaches (23)
• fewer non UK club administrators (19) than UK
  administrators (36)

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What did they play?
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How far did they travel?

• 58 of players travel less than 5 miles to play
  their sport.
• 23 of NVL players travel more than 20 miles.
• 30 of under 18s travel over 10 miles to play.

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How many hours?

• Mean hours (playing)
• NVL/International - 6.29
• Regional level - 4.85
• Local level - 3.92
• Beginner/casual - 2.15
• Age
• 19-24 year olds - 5.96 hours
• Over 40 - 3.89 hours
• Over 30 of players under the age of 24 trained
  for more than 6 hours

• Mean hours (not playing)
• over 40s - 3.27
• Average of 2.19
• Under 18s - 1.29
• Beginners 1.12.
• Commitment was in direct relation to the standard
  of volleyball played
• Commitment spread over 2-3 days

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When did they start playing?
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What attracts players to volleyball?
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What attracts players to clubs?
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How much did they play at school?
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Qualifications

• Current qualifications
• EVA Coaching Level 1 - 18
• EVA Coaching Level 2 - 8
• EVA Coaching Level 3 - 3
• Non-EVA Coaching award - 3
• EVA Refereeing qualification - 22
• Non-EVA refereeing qualification - 3
• Future Qualifications
• 48 interested in improving current coaching
  award or obtaining 1st award.
• 77 of under 18s were interested
• Men (22) were more likely to be very interested
  than women (13).
• Highest in East Midlands (32)
• Lowest in East region (11).

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Qualifications

• 41 held position of responsibility
• 82 had no professional qualifications for
  fulfilling their roles.
• 89 had never had any training through sport for
  their role.
• Training was requested in form of courses,
  information packs or online

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Outcomes and Recommendations
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Youth development

• Volleyball has to become committed to junior
  development
• Need to start them young
• Train the teachers
• Raise the profile of volleyball in schools
• Volleyball is a serious game
• More coaches in local and social clubs need to be
  trained
• Regional and NVL clubs must develop junior
  sessions
• Develop links exit routes

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Gender

• Girls play volleyball in schools far more than
  boys
• Women play far less volleyball than men
• Volleyball is seen as a fun activity and not
  taught
• Volleyball is an excellent alternative to
  traditional sports
• Women are not as involved in the running of
  volleyball

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Patterns of Play

• Volleyball is played by people
• who are highly educated
• who work in professional, senior middle
  management sectors
• People with disabilities are not involved in
  volleyball
• Highly reliant on players from abroad
• Regionally patchy
• Areas need to be identified for club development
• Beach volleyball should be promoted

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Marketing Promotion

• Volleyball needs to be promoted with new partners
• Social aspect of the game should be maintained
• Club and workplace links should be encouraged
• Strong links should be developed with university
  teams
• Club section on EVA website should be improved
• Club websites should be encouraged

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Club Development

• Clubs must be constituted
• Clubs should be encouraged to develop policies
• Clubs must widen their volunteer base

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Club Accreditation

• Volley123 must be widely promoted by all EVA
  officials including regions
• Benefits need to be demonstrated
• Other incentives should be considered including
• Subsidy on training courses for accredited clubs
• Featuring accredited clubs more prominently on
  the governing body website
• Equipment grants
• Being a pre-requisite for any grant applications
  /or governing body support
• More active support from the governing body
• Restriction on entry to competitions
• Pool of trainers should be developed to assist
  clubs
• Development of a buddy system should be developed
• Consider development of introductory award
• Continuous assessment needs to be developed
• EVA should measure impact of scheme

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Growth of Volleyball

• Further investigation of cold spots
• Promotion of beach volleyball
• Development of tournaments (especially in London)

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Training Development

• Training courses to be held in Marketing, Club
  Development and Funding
• Profile of sport to be raised
• EVA to demonstrate clear aims and objectives to
  all members
• Benefits of membership need to be promoted
• Development of juniors as volunteers

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Structure of Volleyball
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Current Structure
EVA
Regions
Counties/ local leagues
Schools
Clubs
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Proposed Structure
EVA
CSP
PDM/SSCo/ Specialist sports colleges
Teachers
Clubs
Schools
Counties/ local leagues
Regions
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A Profile and Audit of Volleyball in England

• English Volleyball Association